6th Jun 2024
Introduction to Non-Ionising Safety
SRP and The Institute of Safety and Technology Research (ISTR) are pleased to announce a free joint webinar on non-ionising radation. Are you a laboratory or workplace safety officer, a radiation…
John Boice presented the 2022 Dunster Lecture - the video for this will be made available shortly.
The question and answer document from the presentation is now available to view (member access only).
John Boice is Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is Past President of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) (2012 to 2018) and currently the Director of Science. Dr. Boice is an international authority on radiation effects and served on the Main Commission of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) for 20 y and as a U.S. advisor to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) for 25 y. During 27 y in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), he developed and became the first chief of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). His seminal discoveries and over 500 publications have been used to formulate public health measures to prevent radiation associated diseases.
Boice has a bachelor’s degree in Physics from University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP); a master’s in Nuclear Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; a master’s in Medical Physics from Harvard; and a doctoral degree in Epidemiology from Harvard. He received the Harvard School of Public Health Alumni Award of Merit; the EO Lawrence Award from the Department of Energy; the Gorgas Medal from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States; the outstanding alumnus award from UTEP; the Distinguished Service Medal from the USPHS; and recently the NCI Director's Award in 2021. The "John D Boice Jr Young Investigator Award" was established by NCRP in 2019 to recognize early career professionals.
He currently serves on the Steering Committees for the Image Gently Alliance and for the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. He directs the Million Person Study of Low Dose Radiation Health Effect.
Take a look at the past Dunster lectures.
6th Jun 2024
SRP and The Institute of Safety and Technology Research (ISTR) are pleased to announce a free joint webinar on non-ionising radation. Are you a laboratory or workplace safety officer, a radiation…
14th to 16th May 2024
Eastbourne
Sustainability and Working in Synergy - Meeting the needs of the present without compromising future generations Sustainability and working in synergy have been a central focus for The Society for…
5th to 6th Jun 2024
UKHSA, Chilton Training Centre (Didcot)
The one day Ionising Radiation Metrology Forum (IRMF) is held twice a year (January and June). We are always keen to be sent suggestions for presentations. If you have a topic that you'd like to…
18th Jul 2024
thestudio... Birmingham
This workshop is a follow-up to the one held in February 2023 and is aimed at all sectors using ionising radiation that require consents under IRR17. There will be presentations in the morning and…
We are delighted to announce that Professor Mike Wood of the University of Salford will be appointed…
24th Jan 2024